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Exercise 18-9 Activities Cost Drivers Total Cost $39,390 25,920 21,420 $86,730 C

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Question

Exercise 18-9

Activities

Cost Drivers

Total Cost

$39,390

25,920

21,420

$86,730

Cost Drivers

Instruments

Gauges

Total

Overhead Rate

Instruments

   Gauges

$

Exercise 18-9

Air United, Inc. manufactures two products: missile range instruments and space pressure gauges. During April, 49 range instruments and 296 pressure gauges were produced, and overhead costs of $86,730 were estimated. An analysis of estimated overhead costs reveals the following activities.

Activities

Cost Drivers

Total Cost

1. Materials handling Number of requisitions

$39,390

2. Machine setups Number of setups

25,920

3. Quality inspections Number of inspections

21,420

$86,730


The cost driver volume for each product was as follows.

Cost Drivers

Instruments

Gauges

Total

Number of requisitions 395 615 1,010 Number of setups 210 270 480 Number of inspections 225 285 510

Explanation / Answer

Activities Activities Cost Drivers Total Cost $ Cost driver nos Cost per driver $ 1 Materials handling Number of requisitions       39,390 1,010 39 2 Machine setups Number of setups       25,920 480 54 3 Quality inspections Number of inspections       21,420 510 42 Cost Drivers cost per driver $ Instruments Total Cost-Instruments $ Gauges Total cost-Gauges $ Number of requisitions                                           39           395       15,405          615       23,985 Number of setups                                           54           210       11,340          270       14,580 Number of inspections                                           42           225        9,450          285       11,970 Total Cost       36,195       50,535